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Examples of Extreme Stress

Examples of Extreme Stress. Unemployment. S ociety: -Higher admission to psychiatric hospitals -Higher infant mortality -Higher death rate from heart disease and suicide. - Higher alcohol-related diseases "Everything falls apart." Personal stages: 1. Relaxation 2. Continued Optimism

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Examples of Extreme Stress

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  1. Examples of Extreme Stress

  2. Unemployment Society: • -Higher admission to psychiatric hospitals • -Higher infant mortality • -Higher death rate from heart disease and suicide. • - Higher alcohol-related diseases • "Everything falls apart." Personal stages: • 1. Relaxation • 2. Continued Optimism • 3. Doubt • 5. Cynicism/ feelings of given up

  3. Divorce Depending on the person splitting the marriage, different feeling may happen. If one wants to end the marriage, felling of abandonment / humiliation in the one being dumped, and feelings of guilt at ending the relationship in the other. • - If it was a mutual split, feeling of love or hate can linger. coping techniques like projection and denial are often used here in order to cushion impact of stress.

  4. Bereavement • -Occurs after death of a loved one • stages: • 1. Begins with numbness • 2. Anger • 3. despair • 4. intense grief • 5. depression • 6. Acceptance • 7. defense stage where the survivor gathers strength for • more direct coping like moving belongings out of the house.

  5. Catastrophes -Stages: • 1. Shock stage • 2. Suggestible stage • 3. Recovery Stage • 4. Irrational guilt stage (sometimes occurs in later life)

  6. Combat/ Other • Combat and other: • Occurrences: After wartime experiences. Sometimes survivors of serious accidents and violent crimes such as rapes or muggings, • -Post-traumatic stress disorder common Actions: bursting into rage over harmless remarks, unable to sleep, crying uncontrollable, psychological confusion,

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